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Josef Stangl

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The Most Reverend Josef Stangl
Bishop of Würzburg

Appointed	27 June 1957
Installed	12 September 1957
Term ended	8 January 1979
Predecessor	Julius August Döpfner
Successor	Paul-Werner Scheele
Orders
Ordination	16 March 1930
Consecration	12 September 1957 by Josef Schneider
Personal details
Born	Josef Stangl (1907-03-12)12 March 1907 Kronach, German Empire
Died	8 April 1979(1979-04-08) (aged 72) Schweinfurt, West Germany
Nationality	German
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	domino plebem perfectam
Coat of arms

Josef Stangl (German: [ˈʃtaŋl̩]; 12 March 1907 – 8 April 1979) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Würzburg, Germany.

Born in Kronach, Bavaria, Stangl became a priest on 16 March 1930, and he was appointed by Pope Pius XII as Bishop of Würzburg on 27 June 1957.

He approved the exorcism on Anneliese Michel in 1975 and 1976, ordering total secrecy,^[1] "after careful consideration and good information" by Father Arnold Renz. She died of malnutrition from almost a year of semi-starvation while the rites of exorcism were performed.

Stangl consecrated Father Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, as a bishop on 28 May 1977.

On 8 January 1979, Stangl withdrew as a bishop of Würzburg, and died in Schweinfurt in April 1979.